The Family to Family program: a structural intervention with implications for the prevention of HIV/AIDS and other community epidemics

Family to Family exemplifies a 'structural intervention' that was created to strengthen family functioning and to strengthen the bonds that connect families to each other that has the potential to change the social dynamics that promote HIV risk behavior in communities such as Harlem.

Abstract

Family to Family has the potential to change the social dynamics that promote HIV risk behavior in communities such as Harlem. Should it prove successful in improving the relationships between families and children, and in increasing the social capital available to all of its participants, it may become an important asset to public health prevention specialists concerned about preventing the spread of HIV.